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  2. PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC.

    Man acts strangely, Although a current of fresh air is the very life of his lungs, he seems indefatigable in the exercise of his inventive powers to deprive himself of his heavenly blessing. Thus ...

    Article : 376 words
  3. ITALIAN WOMEN VERSUS TIGHT LACING.

    It is astonishing that our ladies should persist in that ridiculous notion, that a small waist is, and, per necessita, must be, beautiful. Why, many an I Italian woman would cry for vexation if she ...

    Article : 178 words
  4. RESISTANCE TO PHYSICAL SUFFERING.

    A posthumous work by Mr Loudon, just published, entitled Self Instruction for Young Gardeners, &c, is preceded by an account of the author's life, which presents a remarkable picture of the influence of a ...

    Article : 335 words
  5. EXERCISE IN THE OPEN AIR.

    Moderate exercise in the open air, for the purpose of assisting the various secretions, is another essential requisite for the production and maintenance of good heath. None can neglect this rule ...

    Article : 325 words
  6. THE HUMAN BODY.

    The architect will, upon examination, find that his arches, his strongly built pillars, are merely copies, and rude ones too, of certain parts in our osseous system! The musician lias only to study the ...

    Article : 221 words
  7. AIR AND HOT ROOMS.

    At each breath we draw, more than a cubic inch of oxygen, or of the vital principle of the air is consumed; and whereas this principle constitutes one-fourth of the air inhaled, if pure it forms but ...

    Article : 724 words
  8. EXPOSURE TO THE SUN.

    There are few points which seem less generally understood or more clearly proved than the fact that exposure to the sun, without exercise sufficient to create free perspiration, will produce illness; and ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. STRENGTH OF THE HUMAn FRAME.

    One of the most remarkable and inexplicable experiments relative to the strength of the human frame is, that in which a heavy man is raised with the greatest facility when he is lifted un the instant ...

    Article : 301 words
  10. DKFKCTIVE VENTILATION IN DWELLING-HOUSKS, WORKSHOPS, SCHOOL-ROOMS, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AS A CAUSK OF DISKASE.

    There is an expression of Hippocrates of great depth and meaning, and which, like many other short sentences, contains more than meets the eye. He says, "The whole body inspires and expires." ...

    Article : 363 words
  11. BEST ROOMS.

    Among all the follies prevalent in the middle classes, that of sacrificing family comfort and convenience to the absurd desire of having a "best room," is one of the most ridiculous. Let it not be inferred ...

    Article : 749 words
  12. INFLUENCE OF THE MIND UPON THE BODILY HEALTH.

    The brain is the local habitation of the moral and intellectual faculties, is nourished by the same blood as the body, and is most intimately connected with it by means of the nerves, which are diffused in ...

    Article : 286 words
  13. USE OF A HAT.

    The whole use of a hat is probably not generally known—it is of more use than covering the head. If, when a person fell overboard, he had the presence of mind to instantly take off his hat, and hold the ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. ADVICE TO BATHERS.

    As cramp and other illness may and does attack parties bathing, to obviate, in a measure, the consequent danger, it is suggested by Mr F. G., of Kingston, to adopt the following cheap and simple plan ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. BOOTS.

    I am of opinion that the best covering for the feet are boots: and not only do they look neat and tidy, but the general and gradual support they give all over the feet and ancles induces strength and gives tone ...

    Article : 156 words
  16. EXEECISE.

    "Walking (said Jefferson) is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. We value ourselves on having subdued the horse to our use; but doubt whether we have not lost ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. A HINT TO THE SEDENTARY

    Speaking, reading aloud, and singing, are useful kinds of exercise; and it ia supposed that this is at least one cause of the greater longevity of clergymen, public speakers, teachers in universities ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. INTERESTING TO OLD PEOPLE.

    We find in an old paper the following method recommended to aged people, as a means of enabling them to preserve their eye-sight, or to recover it after it has failed:—"Every morning, when washing ...

    Article : 182 words
  19. LADIES SHOES.

    If shoes were constructed of the shape of the human foot, neither too large nor too small, and making an equal pressure everywhere, corns and bunions of the feet would never exist. But, unfortunately, shoes ...

    Article : 182 words
  20. BAD VENTILATION; ITS INJURIOUS EFFECTS ON THE MIND.

    Bad ventilation, also, is as injurious to the mind as to the body, and in its more aggravated forms not only induces head-ache and apoplexy, but, conjoined with other circumstances, is prone ...

    Article : 367 words
  21. VOCAL MUSIC CONDUCIVE TO HEALTH.

    It was the opinion of Dr. Rush that singing by young ladies, whom the customs of society debar from many other kinds of healthy exercise, should be cultivated not only as An accomplishment, but ...

    Article : 86 words
  22. THE CUT OF A GOWN.

    The main divisions of a lady's gown—every miliner understands wbat we mean—are the corsage or body, and the jupe or skirt. And, first of all, of the skirt; if its form is to loose and flowing, it should ...

    Article : 738 words
  23. HEADING ALOUD.

    Reading aloud is more useful and invigorating than is generally imagined, and when practised within measure, and where the lungs will admit of it, is directly calculated to effect the very ...

    Article : 209 words
  24. THE FEET.

    The late Sir Astley Cooper never cramped, his feet, nor wore shoes that would give him pain; but one thing, however, he habitually accustomed himself to and that was to immerse his feet in ...

    Article : 140 words
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